Clinical trialNCT04354077RecruitingInterventional

Deep Brain Stimulation Effects In Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

SponsorAllegheny Singer Research Institute (also known as Allegheny Health Network Research Institute)Enrollment3Opioid-use Disorder

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Summary

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This is a pilot study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) as adjunctive treatment for treatment-refractory opioid use disorder. This study will include 3 individuals with opioid use disorder and relapsing opioid use despite active participation in a drug addiction treatment program.

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Investigators

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Nestor Tomycz, MD
Allegheny Health Network
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Ahn Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Amanda Webb, PACarol Schramke, PhDDonald Whiting, MDElizabeth Cuevas, MDHeather Richards, MDNestor Tomycz, MD →Stuart Fisk, CRNP
Recruiting

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 7 Feb 2022
Primary completion: 31 Jan 2029
Completion: 31 Jan 2030
Last update posted: 31 Aug 2026
Registered enrollment: 3
Registry id: NCT04354077

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